Rexford, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59930. It stands on Tobacco River. The Survey maps it on the Rexford quadrangle. 78 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,549 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRexford fell from 105 to 78 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 105 | |
| 2020 | 78 | -27 (-26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rexford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Yaak River quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Rexford quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Rexford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
203 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Rexford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,134 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 8 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 59 |
| Natural | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | CATTLE GUARD FIRE |
| 5 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | TOOLEY |
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kootenai National Forest | FLAMING OWL |
| 4 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | L PINKHAM FALLS |
| 4 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | TOBACCO ISLAND FIRE |
| 30 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | SAWMILL |
| 22 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rexford: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View Claim | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Galena | Lead | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rexford in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Hail | Rexford | $2,000 | On the afternoon of Wednesday July 17th 2013, a right-moving supercell thunderstorm developed near Troy and tracked north and east across Rexford. A local business in Rexford reported structure and vehicle damage due to the estimated half-dollar hail. Several teenagers received bruises from the hail when they were on the shore of Lake Kookanusa. They estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts to 50 mph. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rexford | - | The forest service located in Rexford reported that multiple trees had fallen down or snapped off. |
| May 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Rexford | - | Northwest Montana Border Patrol and public reported funnel cloud between Rexford and Eureka, MT. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside (historical) | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Tobacco (historical) | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Mills Springs (historical) | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Midvale | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Eureka | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Gateway (historical) | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Roosville | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Dodge Summit | 9.9 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Rexford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q962953 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 806309. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






